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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] installing boost_1_47_0
From: TONGARI (tongari95_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-10 00:27:45


2011/8/10 rudy b <rudykeram_at_[hidden]>

> Hi,
> I am newb in using boost. And, I am having so much trouble installing
> and running a simple example. I would REALLY appreciate some help.
>
>
> I tried to install boost_1_47_0.tar.gz on my unix machine, and I
> followed the stpes
>
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_47_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html
>
> to first build, and install the libraries.
>
> I had no problem running some the examples (provided on the link
> above, that was using some of its already built libraries), and they
> all worked.
>
> The problem is when I try to run an example that is using a
> boost_filesystem.
>
> I tried uninstalling/installing different boost versions, cause I
> thought the error may be version dependent, but it wasn't.
> I also tried to built the entire library using different versions of
> gcc (3.4.6, 4.3.5, 4.4.0, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.0), and I get the
> same error messages.
> I even made sure that when compile, I have the boost_1_4x_0 path in my
> compile script. I also made sure that I have appended boost_1_4x_0
> path to my $path.
>
> I even tried to have -lboost_filesystem in my compile script, but this
> didn't help either !!!
>
> This is the type of error that I am getting:
>
> /tmp/cczDoDOU.o: In function
> `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)':
> sync.cpp:(.text+0xe03): undefined reference to
> `boost::system::generic_category()'
> sync.cpp:(.text+0xe1e): undefined reference to
> `boost::system::generic_category()'
> sync.cpp:(.text+0xe39): undefined reference to
> `boost::system::system_category()'
> /tmp/cczDoDOU.o: In function
> `boost::filesystem3::last_write_time(boost::filesystem3::path const&,
> long)':
>

Try to link Boost.System (e.g. -lboost_system) as well.



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